Guys, good to be back and catch up on all the happenings, especially the engine masters results, great effort by all. I have just returned from week long hot rod run at valla beach park in NSW, basically 400 kms north of Sydney, australia, its been going for over 30 years and was great to catch up with long time ford friends and the cars. there were approx 380 entries and again this year i was Only Y block engine car there, but there is strong interest and many cars being built with our engines. Obviously with the internet, the information is available to attract and inform interested folks. Thank you. regards bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

onya bill keep it alive & the customlines body work has been started at long last only taken 9 years

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Thanks moz, are you planning on A bare metal "Buffed" finish??

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

no i've told them any color as long as its black, although the guards & radiator support panels are in bare metal & do look good haha

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Y-Blocks are still pretty rare at most events but it's nice to see that more are popping up at least in our area.  I only saw one run at the event that we went to this weekend but there was a few more on display.  I still think yours is one of the best looking ones Bill.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Was at a show this weekend and as the only Y also.  Actually had a couple ask it was a 312 when I mentioned it was a Y block and even one guy said nice Y block before being told what the engine was.  Y's may not be main stream but we are growing popularity. Bing

Warsaw, IN

Bing,

Where was this at? I had not heard of a show around here?

                                         frank

    

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Bing, 

did you ever get your 3x2s to run right?

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

I attended a 400 car hot rod event this past weekend.  There were not any other Y's there except for the 5 or so Thunderbirds.  Not even a Y in any of the effies.  Talked to two thunderbird owners about some particulars of the T-bird Y application that I've been wondering about and they didnt know much of anything about Y's.  Got to talking with my truck neighbor who also has a T-bird and finally found someone knowledgable to converse with regarding the engines.

The engine ran fantastic to and from, a total of 200 miles!  A friend and his Packard with a hot Mopar 360 was in the lead both ways, and he was impressed.  He said whenever he put some acceleration on I was always right there.  I think his ride is about 400 lbs more than mine so it helps.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Hey Bill you need to come down to the Y-Block state
Here's 3 from the "Chopped" run at Newstead a few weeks ago
 

I believe that there were a few others as well , including a 6 carb in a mercury.
I'll see what I can find at Bright weekend after next.

Thanks David

P.S. you'd reckon that "Thomas" gear was common ,looking at these pics
Also heard on the grapevine that a guy in Melbourne is working on recasting "Thomas" rocker covers.